Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: Fractions represent part of a whole number. When you spend fifty cents, you have half of a dollar left. Or when you complete the first five of your ten math problems, half of your homework is complete! Fractions help show how a whole is divided up.

Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: An equivalent fraction is a fraction that looks different, but has the same value or represents the same part of a whole as another fraction. Learn how make and find equivalent fractions.

Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: Fractions and decimals both represent values, but in different ways. Once you know how to convert fractions into decimals and vice versa, you will be able to order them with no problem.

Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: When fractions have unlike denominators, you have to find a common denominator before you can add or subtract. Find your common denominator with these tools: least common multiple or greatest common factor.

Subject: MathTopic: AlgebraDescription: A proportion is a number sentence that shows two equivalent ratios. Using a proportion as an equation, it is possible to find the fractions of a set, and that can be a big help with word problems and real ones.

Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: Fractions that have common denominators make for simple adding and subtracting. All you have to do is add or subtract the numerators, and the denominators stay the same.

Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: The greatest common factor, also known as GCF, is the largest factor that two numbers have in common. GCF is especially helpful when you need to simplify a fraction.

Subject: MathTopic: NumbersDescription: Integers are all of the whole numbers and their opposites. That means an integer can be positive or negative. You can use them in all kinds of handy tasks like telling time and solving word problems.

Subject: MathTopic: FractionsDescription: Decimals and fractions can be used to represent the same amount. If you know how to find an equivalent, you can display fractions as decimals, and decimals as fractions.

Subject: MathTopic: Decimals and PercentsDescription: Percent just means ìpart of one hundred.î That means a percent is simply a ratio that compares a number to 100. It can be expressed as a fraction, with a percent sign, as a ratio, or as a decimal.